Being a Guide to True Gentility and Good-Breeding, and a Complete Directory to the Usages and Observances of Society. First published in New York in 1859.

In "Beadle's Dime Book of Practical Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen," the anonymous author presents a comprehensive guide to social conduct during the mid-19

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Once nearly as ubiquitous as dictionaries and cookbooks are today, letter-writing manuals and their predecessors served to instruct individuals not only on the